Battle of Stamford Bridge
September 25, 1066
Harold Godwinson marched two hundred miles in four days and fell on the Norwegian army resting in their mail shirts by a bridge over the Derwent. Harald Hardrada was killed by an arrow in the throat. The last Viking invasion of England was destroyed. Three days later the Normans landed at Pevensey.
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Also in 1066 (8 other events on record)
- Battle of Hastings · Europe · War
- William the Conqueror crowned at Westminster · Europe · Politics
- Death of Edward the Confessor · Europe · Politics
- Harold Godwinson crowned King of England · Europe · Politics
- William of Normandy lands at Pevensey · Europe · War
- Halley's Comet appears over Europe · Europe · Science
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High Middle Ages (1000–1300), one of 1,306 events from that era on Saeculum.